# N916TS: 1970 Boeing 727-254, registration cancelled 2017-03-21 - Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft) - Cancelled: March 21, 2017 - Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation - Airframe: [Boeing 727-254](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-254) (registry code 138408L) - Engine: [Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-9-series) (registry code 52048) - Data sheets: [TCDS A3WE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A3WE), [TCDS E2EA](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/E2EA) (OpenAirDocs) - Serial number: 20437 - Year built: 1970 - Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine - Engine type: Turbo-jet - Airworthiness: Standard, transport - Airworthiness date: March 12, 1970 - Certificate issued: April 13, 1992 - Last registry action: May 4, 2004 - Mode S code: ACAEAF - Owner when cancelled: [Shuttle Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/SHUTTLE%20INC) - Location: [Jackson Heights, NY](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/NY/Jackson%20Heights) - Owner type: Corporation - Owner's area on the map: 40.7654° N, 73.8942° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 11370, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based - The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N916TS - FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=916TS - Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N916TS-2017-03-21 From the FAA registry file of October 29, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners' street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe. ADs and bulletins for the Boeing 727-254: https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-254.md ## Service difficulty reports (38) Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. - [SDR USAA119906](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA119906), Nov 12, 1999: LIGHT. CORRODED. OVERNIGHT L/S DCA- EMERGENCY LIGHT INOPERATIVE RIGHT OVERWING EXIT. CLEANED CORROSION FROM LIGHT SOCKETS. OPERATIONAL CHECK NORMAL. (M) - [SDR USAA119904](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA119904), Nov 12, 1999: LIGHT. INOPERATIVE. OVERNIGHT L/S DCA - AFT AIRSTAIR EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHTS INOPERATIVE. REPLACED EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHTS ASSEMBLY. OPERATIONAL CHECK NORMAL. (M) - [SDR USAA109903](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA109903), Oct 14, 1999: ACCESSORY UNIT. INOPERATIVE. FLT 6050 - LGA-BOS - HAD TO USE GEAR TRIGGER TO RAISE GEAR. OIL COOLER CSD RETURNED TO NORMAL WHEN FLAPS RAISED FROM 5-2 DEGREES. AURAL WARNING SOUNDED. HAD TO - [SDR USAA079901](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA079901), Jul 21, 1999: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. RIGHT FORWARD OVERWING EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT INOPERATIVE. REPLACED BATTERY PACK OPERATIONAL CHECK OK. (M) - [SDR USAA049905](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA049905), Apr 15, 1999: DUCT. DAMAGED. FLT 6520- DCA-LGA - AIR RETURN TO DCA - NR 1 ENGINE FIRE LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON TAKEOFF, REDUCED THROTTLE TO IDLE, LIGHT EXTINGUISHED MOMENTARILY. RANCID SMELL IN - [SDR USAA039914](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA039914), Mar 19, 1999: MODULE. LEAKING. FLT 6470 - DCA-LGA - EN ROUTE LOST ALL SYSTEM 'A' HYDRAULIC FLUID. EMERGENCY DECLARED. MANUAL LANDING GEAR EXTENSION PERFORMED. FOUND SYSTEM 'A' AILERON MODULAR - [SDR USAA129810J](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA129810J), Dec 17, 1998: FLOORBEAM. CORROSION. CABIN FLOOR STRUCTURE BEAM UPPER FLANGE, LOWER SECTION BS 1148, AT RBL 12 EVIDENCE OF CORROSION. INSTALLED REPAIR ON CABIN FLOORBEAM UPPER FLANGE BS 1148, RBL 1 - [SDR USAA129810I](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA129810I), Dec 17, 1998: SKIN. DAMAGED. FUSELAGE EXTERIOR - TEMPORARY PLUG REPAIR INSTALLED IN FUSELAGE SKIN BETWEEN BS 950D AND BS 950E, BETWEEN STR 22R AND STR 23R. INSTALLED FLUSH REPAIR AT FUSELAG - [SDR USAA129810H](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA129810H), Dec 17, 1998: SKIN. CORRODED. BULGE ON FUSELAGE EXTERIOR SKIN LEFT HAND SIDE STA 1183, BETWEEN STR 20 AND STR 22 NEXT TO LAVATORY SERVICE PANEL. INSTALLED STRINGER AND EXTERNAL DOUBLER REPAI - [SDR USAA129810G](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA129810G), Dec 17, 1998: FRAME. CRACKED. RIGHT CABIN FRAME STA 930 CRACKED BETWEEN STR 14R - STR 15R BELOW CABIN WINDOW. ACCOMPLISHED RIGHT CABIN FRAME REPAIR BS 930 BETWEEN STR 14 - STR 15R. INSTALLED - [SDR USAA129810F](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA129810F), Dec 17, 1998: FRAME. CRACKED. LEFT CABIN FRAME STA 930 CRACKED BETWEEN STR 14L - STR 15L BELOW CABIN WINDOW. ACCOMPLISHED LEFT CABIN WINDOW FRAME REPAIR BS 930 BETWEEN STR 14L AND STR 15L. I - [SDR USAA129810E](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA129810E), Dec 17, 1998: SEAT TRACK. CORRODED. CABIN SEAT TRACK LIGHT CORROSION FROM BS 380 THROUGH BS 760.95 LBL 25.5. REPLACED CABIN SEAT TRACK LBL 25.5 FROM BS 380 TO BS 480. MATERIAL USED BAC 1570-797, 1 - [SDR USAA129810D](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA129810D), Dec 17, 1998: TUBE. WORN. RIGHT WING FUEL VENT TUBE SURFACE AND CLAMPS WORN BETWEEN WS 491 - WS 686 INTERIOR. ACCOMPLISHED RIGHT WING FUEL VENT TUBE REPAIRS WS 491.5, 546.5, 574.0, 601.5 - [SDR USAA129810C](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA129810C), Dec 17, 1998: SKIN. CRACKED. FUSELAGE SKIN CRACKED ABOVE THE RBL 70.5 CHORD ANGLE, BS 848.95 WL 196. EMANATING FROM THE FLOOR BEAM ATTACH ANGLE, LOWER FASTENER. INSTALLED FUSELAGE SKIN REPA - [SDR USAA129810B](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA129810B), Dec 17, 1998: ANGLE. CRACKED. VERTICAL FLANGE OF THE RBL 70.5 WING TO CENTER TANK CHORD ANGLE IS CRACKED IN TWO PLACES, LOWER FASTENER. BS 846, WL 193, 15 INCHES BELOW CABIN FLOOR. INSTALLED - [SDR USAA129810A](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/USAA129810A), Dec 17, 1998: CHORD. CORROSION. LEFT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER AFT SPAR AT UPPER AND LOWER CHORDS HAS CORROSION AT ATTACH ANGLE TO AFT HINGE FITTING AT STABILIZER STA 32 INCH. ACCESS THROUGH LOWER - [SDR TAOA099805](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/TAOA099805), Sep 6, 1998: SMOKE DETECTOR. FAILED. FLIGHT 6520 - DCA-LGA - FORWARD LAVATORY SMOKE DETECTOR GOES OFF CONTINOUSLY. REPLACED FORWARD LAVATORY SMOKE DETECTOR OPERATIONAL CHECK NORMAL. (M) - [SDR TAOA079809](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/TAOA079809), Jul 16, 1998: FIRE LOOP. MALFUNCTIONED. FLT 6480 - DCA-LGA - WHEEL WELL FIRE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON IN FLIGHT FOLLOWED EMERGENCY PROCEDURES. REPLACED NOSE WHEEL WELL FIRE LOOP ALSO REPLACED MAIN LEFT A - [SDR TAOA039801](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/TAOA039801), Mar 3, 1998: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. FLT 6443 - DCA - RIGHT FORWARD OVERWING INTERIOR EMERGENCY LIGHT INOPERATIVE. BATTERY PACK REPLACED, OPERATIONAL CHECK NORMAL PER MM 33-50. (M) - [SDR TAOA029806](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/TAOA029806), Feb 14, 1998: WIRE. BROKEN. EPL LIGHTS AT ROW 16 THROUGH ROW 19 INOPERATIVE AT FLOOR TRACK. REPAIRED BROKEN WIRE AND REINSTALLED EPL TRACK SECTION. OPERATIONAL CHECK NORMAL PER MM 33-50-0. - [SDR TAOA129703](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/TAOA129703), Dec 16, 1997: HYD PUMP. FAILED. FLT 6540 - DCA-LGA - DIVERTED TO JFK, AFTER TAKEOFF AND FLAP RETRACTION, EXPERIENCED HYDRAULIC SYSTEM 'B' FAILURE, HYDRAULIC BRAKE PRESSURE NORMAL. ACCOMPLISHED - [SDR TAOA109704](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/TAOA109704), Oct 6, 1997: FIRE DETECTOR. MALFUNCTIONED. FLT 6141 - BOS-LGA - WHEEL WELL FIRE LIGHT AND BELL CAME ON DURING DESCENT INTO LAGUARDIA, EMERGENCY PROCEDURES APPLIED, LIGHT EXTINGUISHED WHEN LANDING GEAR CA - [SDR TAOA089711](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/TAOA089711), Aug 26, 1997: FIRE LOOP. DIRTY. DCA/LGA - FLT 6450 - WHEELWELL FIRE WARNING LIGHT FLICKERED ON AND OFF ON FINAL. INSPECTED WHEELWELL AREA AND FIRE DETECTION LOOPS, ALL NORMAL. CLEANED FIRE DET - [SDR TAOA059710](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/TAOA059710), May 19, 1997: SMOKE DETECTOR. FAILED. FLT 6440 - DCA-LGA - SMOKE DETECTOR WENT OFF IN AFT LAVATORY DURING TAXI, RETURNED TO GATE. REPLACED AFT LAVATORY SMOKE DETECTOR, OPERATIONAL CHECKS NORMAL PER - [SDR TAOA049709](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/TAOA049709), Apr 17, 1997: BATTERY CHARGER. DEFECTIVE. FLT 6081 - BOS-LGA - ELECTRICAL SMELL NOTICED AFT SECTION OF COCKPIT. FOUND BATTERY CHARGER OVERCHARGING BATTERY. REPLACED BATTERY CHARGER PER MM 24-30-41. REPL - [SDR TAOA099603](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/TAOA099603), Sep 8, 1996: BYPASS SWITCH. INOPERATIVE. NR 3 ENGINE OIL FILTER BYPASS LIGHT ILLUMINATED FIVE MINUTES AFTER TAKEOFF, OIL PRESSURE AND QUANTITY WERE NORMAL. ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN AND WINDMILLED AT GREATE - [SDR TAOA049615](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/TAOA049615), Apr 26, 1996: DET CONTL UNIT. MALFUNCTIONED. FLT NR 6431 - LGA-DCA - ENGINE FIRE WARNING NR 1 CAME ON. PULLED ENGINE DETECTOR 'B' LOOP CIRCUIT BREAKER TO EXTINGUISH LIGHT. ENGINE SHUT DOWN. REPLACED NR 1 E - [SDR TAOA049613](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/TAOA049613), Apr 25, 1996: FIRE LOOP. MALFUNCTIONED. NR 1 ENGINE FIRE WARNING BELL SOUNDED AND SWITCH ILLUMINATED IN CRUISE. ENGINE SHUTDOWN, FIRE WARNING WENT OUT FOR REMAINDER OF THE FLIGHT. ENGINE INSPECTED FOR - [SDR TAOA049603](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/TAOA049603), Apr 1, 1996: FIRE LOOP. CHAFED. ON TAKEOFF ROLL, NR 1 ENGINE FIRE WARNING LIGHT AND BELL CAME ON. REJECTED TAKEOFF. FOUND 'B' LOOP INSULATION CHAFED THROUGH APPROX .03125 INCH IN LENGTH. REPAI - [SDR TAOA049602](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/TAOA049602), Apr 1, 1996: FIRE ELEMENT. FAILED. ON TAKEOFF ROLL, NR 1 ENGINE FIRE WARNING LIGHT AND BELL WENT ON, ABORTED TAKEOFF, FLIGHT NR 6421. REMOVED AND REPLACED NR 1 ENGINE LOWER FIRE WARNING SYSTEM EL - [SDR TAOA039614](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/TAOA039614), Mar 16, 1996: BATTERY. DISCHARGED. EMERGENCY LIGHT AT AFT AIRSTAIRS INOPERABLE. REPLACED BATTERIES - EMERGENCY LIGHT AT AFT AIRSTAIRS - OPS CHECKED OK. (X) - [SDR TAOA039610](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/TAOA039610), Mar 12, 1996: LIGHT. SHORTED. RIGHT CABIN CONTROL LIGHTING CIRCUIT BREAKER TRIPPED. RESET, BUT TRIPPED AGAIN. REPLACED LIGHT ASSEMBLY. OPERATIONAL CHECK OK. (X) - [SDR TAOA029603](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/TAOA029603), Feb 7, 1996: LAMP. INOPERATIVE. EPL ROW 11 HAS 1 LAMP INOP. RELAMPED, OPERATIONAL CHECK OK. (M) - [SDR TAOA119504](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/TAOA119504), Nov 7, 1995: SMOKE DETECTOR. DEFECTIVE. AFT LAVATORY SMOKE DETECTOR INOPERABLE, GOES OFF IN FLIGHT. DISCONNECTED SMOKE DETECTOR. REPLACED SMOKE DETECTOR FOR AFT LAVATORY, CHECKS OK. (M) - [SDR TAOA109512](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/TAOA109512), Oct 16, 1995: CHORD ANGLE. CORRODED. VISUAL INSPECTION PERFORMED DURING C-CHECK, REVEALED A 7 INCH LONG CORRODED AREA FROM BS 314 TO BS 321 ON THE NOSE WHEEL WELL RIGHT CHORD ANGLE. REPLACED CHORD - [SDR TAOA109511](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/TAOA109511), Oct 16, 1995: VERTICAL BEAM. CRACKED. ROUTINE VISUAL AND EDDY CURRENT INSPECTIONS PERFORMED DURING C-CHECK, REVEALED A 3 INCH CRACK AT WL 237 ON BS 1183 RBL 36.9 VERTICAL BEAM, AND A 1.5 INCH CRACK - [SDR TAOA079504](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/TAOA079504), Jul 30, 1995: FIRE WARNING. ACTIVATED. FLT 6602 - AT 5,000 FEET, 250 KNOTS, WHEELWELL WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON WITH FIRE BELL. LIGHT WENT OUT WHEN GEAR DOORS OPENED. INSPECTION OF WHEELWELL AREA REVEAL - [SDR TAOA059507](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/TAOA059507), May 12, 1995: TURBINE. FAILED. NR 1 ENGINE FAILED ON TAKEOFF FROM DCA AT 1500 FT. EGT INCREASED, ENGINE SHUTDOWN. RETURNED DCA. FOUND TURBINE SECTION FAILED, REPLACED ENGINE. TRIMMED ENGINE A ## Other aircraft with N916TS - [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N916TS): Airplane Factory SLING TSI, S/N 454SK --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. 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